This Calhoun High School 2012 graduate took some time off from getting straight A's and playing baseball to shoot for the stars, making it to one of the semifinal rounds of "American Idol" when he was only 17.

Long Island celebrities like Idina Menzel were once Long Island high school students. Take a look at their yearbooks and see if you can figure out what Menzel, Billy Crystal, Geraldo Rivera, Steve Buscemi, J.P. Rosenbaum, Amy Schumer, Edie Falco, Debbie Gibson and others looked like before they were stars....

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This is the celebrity yearbook picture for an actress who during her 1989 senior year at Syosset High School played "Nettie Fowler" in the school's production of the musical "Carousel." She also served as senior secretary of student government and was a member of the forensics team.(Credit: Syosset High School)

Long Island celebrities yearbook photos

January 16, 2015 9:33 AM

Long Island celebrities like Idina Menzel were once Long Island high school students. Take a look at their yearbooks and see if you can figure out what Menzel, Billy Crystal, Geraldo Rivera, Steve Buscemi, J.P. Rosenbaum, Amy Schumer, Edie Falco, Debbie Gibson and others looked like before they were stars.